Vocabulary

• spin off: A company that is formed from part of an existing company.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• hand over: To give into the possession or control of another
• to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• force out: To make someone leave a job or position.
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• share in: To participate in something; to have a part or interest in something.
• count on: To depend on someone
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• japanese style: Having characteristics typical of Japan, especially in design or aesthetics.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• shift: To change in position or direction
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• leave: To go away from; depart
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• point: An item to be discussed
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• midnight: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
• buyout: Acquisition of a company by purchasing its stock